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Tuesday, July 10, 2007

Jesus told him (Thomas), "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me." John 14:6, NLT

Enter by the narrow gate....For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few. Matthew 7:13-14, ESV

How does God bring a Shiite Muslim to Jesus? In many ways, dear friend. Today we want to tell you how God used His Word, a strange dream, and some followers of Jesus to help one Shiite lady encounter Him.

During a recent house church meeting in the Middle East, a new Shiite Follower of Christ named Ali asked if he could say something. With the pastor's permission, Ali stood up and said, "You people...in order for you to go to heaven and avoid going to hell, you must accept Christ, who is like no other prophet."

As Ali sat down, Betoul, a Shiite woman who was visiting for the first time that evening, looked at him with curious amazement. She had never heard anything like this before.

Later that night, God gave Betoul a dream. She saw a black horse chasing her and she was desperate to escape. Running as fast as she could, she found a house and pounded on the door just as the black horse was bearing down on her. An old man with a beard answered the door and said to her, "You need to walk through the narrow door to find the way of life."

The next morning after her dream, Betoul went directly to visit the local pastor and his wife. They invited Betoul inside and together they read the words of Jesus in John 14:6: "I am the way, the truth, and the life." They looked at the passage in Matthew 7:13-14 where Jesus revealed that life is found through a narrow door.

Praise be to God, that day Betoul discovered that Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life! She chose to walk through that narrow door, and now she eagerly follows Jesus as her Savior and Lord!

Today, dear friend of His Shiite Bride, pray that more Shiite followers of Jesus take a bold stand to proclaim Jesus like Ali did that night at the house church meeting. Ask God to pour out even more dreams and visions among Shiites to reveal their utter desperation and point them to Jesus as their only Rescuer.

Night and day, pray that Shiites have tangible encounters with GOD'S WORD. Ask God to open Shiite families' eyes and ears to see and understand what they read or hear from His Word.

May thousands of Shiite Muslims come to Jesus in the next few weeks as we pray and ask God together!